Spike-grip for interchangeable fur collars



April 21, 1959 M. LINCOLN 2,882,530

SPIKE-GRIP FOR INTERCHANGEABLE FUR'COLLARS Filed May 1, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

M U RRAY LINCOLN ATTOPJVEX April 21, 1959 "M LINCOLN SPIKE- GRIP FOR IN'rERCHANGE-AB LE F UR COLLARS Filed May 1. 195a 2 Sheets-Shet 2 INVENTOR. MURRAY LINCOLN United States Patent SPIKE-GRIP FOR INTERCHANGEABLE FUR COLLARS V Murray Llncoln, Scarsdale, N. Application May 1, 1958, Serial No. 732,269

This invention relates'generally to' fur collars, of the type adapted to be removably attached to a garment such as a cloth coat.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a fur collar of the type described that will have an improved fastening means, so designed as to permit it to be connected to and detached from an associated garment swiftly and easily.

Another object is to provide a fur collar as described which will be so designed that the fastener means will be completely concealed from view when the collar is in use.

Yet another object is to so form the collar that the fastener means will be disposed to connect the collar to the garment at a plurality of locations longitudinally of the collar.

Still another object of importance is to provide a fur collar of the character described which will include means for connecting the same to various garments, without requiring the provision of cooperating fastening elements on the garments themselves.

Still another object of importance is to provide a fur collar of the character described that will have a fastening means so designed as to be capable of manufacture at a comparatively low cost, considering the benefits to be obtained from the use thereof.

Another object, in at least one form of the invention, is to provide a fur collar the fastener means of which will have a novel, coactive relationship to the collar and to a garment with which the collar is used, with the construction nevertheless being designed for employing fastener means which are conventional per se, thus to permit the collar to be manufactured entirely or almost wholly from elements that are available on the open market.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a removable fur collar according to the present invention, a coat on which the collar is disposed being illustrated fragmentarily and in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view, exploded, substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of a collar, on a scale between that of Figs. 1 and 2, showing the inner side of the collar.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged, exploded perspective view showing a modified form of the collar and illustrating, fragmentarily, a coat to which the collar is applied.

Fig. 5 is a view like Fig. 2 showing the modified form applied to the collar.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1-3, the fur collar attachment comprising the present invention has been generally designated at 10 and includes means to detachably connect the same to the cloth collar of a coat 12. The fur collar can be attached to any coat, in a manner to be described hereinafter, without the necessity of especially preparing the coat to receive the collar, as for example by sewing on buttons, etc.

The coat includes a cloth collar 14, while the removable fur collar 10 has an inner panel 16 of elongated formation, the lower longitudinal edge of which is bowed downwardly while the upper edge is bowed inwardly as bestshown inFig. 3. Panel 16 has its top and bottom edge portions bent inwardly in back of the body portion" of the panel, as at 18. The fur 20 is applied'to the tween the panel 16 and the fur 20 constituting a pocket.

In accordance with the present invention, a pair of spike-type separable fasteners are secured to the panel 16, facing toward the coat collar 14. One of said fasteners is disposed medially between the ends of the fur collar 10 while the other is disposed adjacent one extremity thereof. The fasteners are identical and can be purchased on the open market. Each includes a flat, circular, thin base 26 from which forwardly projects a sharp spike or pin 28. Openings are spaced about the margin of the base 26, and stitching 30 is extended through said openings. A retaining button 32 is also conventional, and mates with the fastener element 26.

In applying the fur collar to the coat, one simply extends the spikes or pins 28 through the cloth collar 14 of the coat, as in Fig. 2, after which the button is applied to hold the fur collar assembled with the coat. As will be noted, the fur collar is attached to the coat at two locations, with one end of the collar being free so as to be loosely disposed across the front of the coat. This is preferred so that one may, in elfect, have a wrap-around collar and be free to loosely cross the free end portion of the collar with the other end portion.

If desired, of course, fasteners could be provided at both ends rather than at one end of the fur collar.

In Figs. 4-6, there is shown a modified form of fur collar 10*". This is applied to the cloth collar 12, which in this form of the invention is shown as having a turndown collar 33.

Fur collar 10a is identical in every respect to the first form of the invention, except that it has a longitudinal slot 34 extending almost its full length near its top edge.

In this form of the invention, the panel 16, which of course would be formed of an attractive fabric material such as satin, is secured at 22 to the fur or hide. The fastener elements are secured to the front surface of the panel 16 in the same manner as in the previous form of the invention.

In use of this form, one extends the turn-down portion 33 of the coat collar through the slot or opening 34, into the pocket between the panel 16 and the fur, and then extends the spikes of the fastener elements through the material of the coat collar, thereafter applying the caps 32. The result is that the turn-down portion remains engaged inside the pocket in the removable fur collar so that the removable fur collar appears to be a permanent portion of the cloth coat.

In both forms of the invention, of course, the removable collar has its fastening elements completely concealed when the collar is in use, and the coat to which the collar is removably attached need not be specially designed, or provided with special buttons or other fastener elements, etc. Still further, the removable fur collar can be rather inexpensively designed, and can be interchangeably used on a large number of different coats or similar garments.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred h a ed .An 2;. 1 59.

3 embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the'scope of .the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent In combination with a coat having a permanently attached turned-over collar, a fur collar removably attached to said coat collar, said fur collar comprising an elongated cloth panel, a fur covering for said panel attached along its edge to said panel, the remainder of the fur covering being unattached providing a recess between the panel and fur covering, said panel having an 15 elongated slot adjacent the edge thereof communicating with said recess, a portion of said turned-over collar inserted in said slot and received in said recess, pointed invention, what I claim as fastening elements spaced along the panel projecting through the portion of the turned-over collar outsidethe panel, and cooperating socketed fastening elements detachably mounted on the pointed fastening elements outwardly of the turned-over collar.

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